Further to the phenomenon of the "white" Indian,
Wabi Calazon, mentioned elsewhere. In the summer of 1974 I met
and interviewed a young man, a Cree-Beaver Indian, whose anglicized
name suggested that he might know something about blonde Indians
like "Wabi". Although reluctant at first, and obviously
shy about speaking of his people for fear of ridicule, he later
confirmed that in his family there had been a number of blonde-headed,
blue-eyed relatives, who, as far as he knew, were full-blooded
Indians. He himself knew no English when he started at mission
school in Grouard.

Since blue eyes are carried by a less dominant genes than brown,
it is evident that in this family, at least, the recessive genes
carrying the fair-hair and blue-eyes are strong enough to dominate
the black-haired, brown-eyed norm for Indians. If there had been
any early white admixture in the familys ancestry, the young
man did not know of it.

The "Ermine Skin" band of Indians in Alberta took
its name from Chief Ermine Skin, whose Indian name was Ko-se-ko-se-wu-ya-new,
"because he was uncommonly fair-skinned." (Voices
of the Plains Cree by E. Ahenahew.)

Reuters Press, Summer 1974 Blue-Eyed Tribe found on Amazon

Rio DeJaneiro - A tribe of naked, white-skinned and blue-eyed
persons has been spotted by an explorer in the northwestern Amazonian
jungles of Brazil, a report by the National Indian Foundation
(FUNAI) said Friday. FUNAI ordered the urgent dispatch of an expedition
to the area and also arranged for as aircraft to fly over the
region where veteran Amazon explorer Raimundo Alves made his discovery,
FUNAI sources said.

Alves found eight of the tribe bathing in a tributary of the
Amazon after scouring the area for a month. He had received hints
from other tribes of their existence. Alves reported that the
newly found group has chestnut brown hair and most go about completely
naked. The white-skinned tribe has been estimated by Alves to
number about 100. He said their customs are primitive.